Insider Selling: Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS) CAO Sells 1,962 Shares of Stock

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) CAO Alexis Gil II sold 1,962 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Monday, July 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.43, for a total value of $16,539.66. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 173,825 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,465,344.75. This represents a 1.12% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

Integral Ad Science Trading Down 4.7%

Shares of Integral Ad Science stock traded down $0.39 on Friday, hitting $7.84. 693,569 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 965,446. Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. has a one year low of $6.26 and a one year high of $13.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a current ratio of 4.01 and a quick ratio of 4.01. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.29 billion, a PE ratio of 27.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.40 and a beta of 1.57. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $8.07 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $8.80.

Integral Ad Science (NASDAQ:IAS - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Monday, May 12th. The company reported $0.05 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.03 by $0.02. The firm had revenue of $134.07 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $129.20 million. Integral Ad Science had a return on equity of 4.74% and a net margin of 8.56%. On average, research analysts expect that Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. will post 0.26 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on IAS shares. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on Integral Ad Science from $13.50 to $12.50 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Wall Street Zen raised Integral Ad Science from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, June 14th. Raymond James Financial increased their target price on Integral Ad Science from $11.00 to $13.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Baird R W downgraded shares of Integral Ad Science from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, March 28th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Integral Ad Science from $7.00 to $9.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 13th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $13.55.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Integral Ad Science

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science during the 4th quarter worth approximately $41,543,000. Corvex Management LP bought a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the first quarter worth $21,101,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Integral Ad Science during the first quarter worth $10,897,000. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Integral Ad Science by 20,831.9% during the first quarter. Alta Fox Capital Management LLC now owns 1,214,053 shares of the company's stock worth $9,785,000 after acquiring an additional 1,208,253 shares during the period. Finally, Cubist Systematic Strategies LLC bought a new stake in Integral Ad Science in the 1st quarter valued at $7,441,000. Institutional investors own 95.78% of the company's stock.

About Integral Ad Science

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp. operates as a digital advertising verification company in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Australia, Japan, India, and the Nordics. The company provides IAS Signal, a cloud-based technology platform that offers return on ad spend needs; and deliver independent measurement and verification of digital advertising across devices, channels, and formats, including desktop, mobile, connected TV, social, display, and video.